News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 6, 2007
In matters prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia:
FORMER ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX AND SOCIAL SECURITY VIOLATIONS
Bluefield, WV – TIMOTHY RAY CLINE, 50, of Mercer County, WV, pled guilty today before Chief United States District Judge David A. Faber to tax evasion and social security fraud.
At his hearing, CLINE, the former owner and operator of several nightclubs in the Southern District of West Virginia, admitted he evaded to pay over $84,000 in income tax. CLINE further admitted to defrauding the Social Security Administration of over $35,000. A copy of the Information is attached.
CLINE faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced on June 6, 2007.
The Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, and the Social Security Administration jointly conducted the investigation. The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Larry R. Ellis.